SOLUTION: A jet takes 5 hours to travel a distance of 4600mi against the wind. The return trip takes 4 hours with the wind. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of t

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Question 697752: A jet takes 5 hours to travel a distance of 4600mi against the wind. The return trip takes 4 hours with the wind. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of the wind?Answers in mph please and thank you.

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A jet takes 5 hours to travel a distance of 4600mi against the wind. The return trip takes 4 hours with the wind. What is the rate of the jet in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Find the speed upwind and downwind.
The jet's airspeed is the average.
The windspeed is the difference.